ngmoco just announced it’s secured $10 million in B-round funding. The mobile games firm, headed up by ex-EA exec Neil Young, was formed last year by Young, Bob Stevenson, Alan Yu and Joe Keene. The company is behind iPhone and iPod Touch games Rolando, MazeFinger, Topple, Topple 2, Dr. Awesome, Dropship and Word Fu. More […]

Speaking in his GDC Mobile keynote, ngmoco co-founder Neil Young has said that iPhone is the “most important device” he’s owned. Young called the phone “better than the DS, better than the PSP,” because it’s “always on, always with you,” and, “most importantly from a business standpoint, there were no first-party games.” He added: “”Don’t […]

It’s so on. VG247 has learned this morning that Will Wright, Warren Spector, Neil Young, Rob Pardo and Phil Harrison are all confirmed for Dave Perry’s Luminaries Lunch at GDC next month. The chat takes place on March 25 at 1.00pm PST. The inaugural event at last year’s GDC bore witness to some spectacular quotes […]

EA is closing its social gaming division, Blueprint, Variety reports. According to the site, everyone working on the clandestine project has either been laid off or moved into other areas of the company. Blueprint was announced at GDC this year, with section lead Neil Young saying, “We want to find a new way to make […]

With Electronic Arts in his rearview mirror, what’s Neil Young up to now? “I am going to create a next-gen mobile games publisher, specifically and initially focused on the iPhone,” he said. Titled ng:moco (Next-Gen Mobile Company), the new publisher hopes to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique delivery system – circumventing brick-and-mortar shops altogether. […]

According to this Newsweek piece, long-time dev boss Neil Young is to leave EA. During his 11 years at EA, the Brit captained such projects as the ahead-of-its-time alternate reality game Majestic and the well-received licensed game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Following that, Young was put in charge of Maxis during […]

ngmoco just announced it’s secured $10 million in B-round funding. The mobile games firm, headed up by ex-EA exec Neil Young, was formed last year by Young, Bob Stevenson, Alan Yu and Joe Keene. The company is behind iPhone and iPod Touch games Rolando, MazeFinger, Topple, Topple 2, Dr. Awesome, Dropship and Word Fu. More […]

Speaking in his GDC Mobile keynote, ngmoco co-founder Neil Young has said that iPhone is the “most important device” he’s owned. Young called the phone “better than the DS, better than the PSP,” because it’s “always on, always with you,” and, “most importantly from a business standpoint, there were no first-party games.” He added: “”Don’t […]

It’s so on. VG247 has learned this morning that Will Wright, Warren Spector, Neil Young, Rob Pardo and Phil Harrison are all confirmed for Dave Perry’s Luminaries Lunch at GDC next month. The chat takes place on March 25 at 1.00pm PST. The inaugural event at last year’s GDC bore witness to some spectacular quotes […]

EA is closing its social gaming division, Blueprint, Variety reports. According to the site, everyone working on the clandestine project has either been laid off or moved into other areas of the company. Blueprint was announced at GDC this year, with section lead Neil Young saying, “We want to find a new way to make […]

With Electronic Arts in his rearview mirror, what’s Neil Young up to now? “I am going to create a next-gen mobile games publisher, specifically and initially focused on the iPhone,” he said. Titled ng:moco (Next-Gen Mobile Company), the new publisher hopes to take advantage of the iPhone’s unique delivery system – circumventing brick-and-mortar shops altogether. […]

According to this Newsweek piece, long-time dev boss Neil Young is to leave EA. During his 11 years at EA, the Brit captained such projects as the ahead-of-its-time alternate reality game Majestic and the well-received licensed game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Following that, Young was put in charge of Maxis during […]